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I hear the choices go insane after Saudi Arabia, which I am looking forward to. The early part is more gameplay focused and I still like it.

This game is getting a lot of praise from old school RPG lovers on forums, but a lot of crap from others. It's really a lot like Deus Ex, only without the open levels (so far) and with technical issues. Still, no game-breaking glitches so far... just some minor AI issues and a general lack of polish.

Lack of quick save is annoying.

__________________I gots one of them high powered gaming computers with an EVGA GTX 480 video thingy and a Q9550 processing device and also one of them Windows 7 64 operating programs with 4GB of some Corsair 1033 DDR2 ram.

Hunt, if you played and like Bloodlines, you will probably like this, if not then go play Blood Money you, you bumhead! There I said it. I'm sorry it came to that, and if it were possible to edit posts while typing them I surely would go back and withdrawn that outburst.

I heard that some of the mini games are just horrible, like the computer hacking one.

I thought, that lockpicking was the worst of all free, followed by computer hacking and then keypad hacking.

You can make it much easier, either by spending points, which gives you more time and less things to worry about or you can get some equipment. You can also carry something, that shortcircuits the whole thing, but gives you access afterwards, but I couldn't carry that much with my spy equipment.

I heard that some of the mini games are just horrible, like the computer hacking one.

They're no more annoying than Fallout 3's really, the problem is they are more frequent. Seems like every room you go in has a mini-game, it is definitely a negative against the game.

I have to say though, I just woke up today and I am very excited to play more Alpha Protocol. Like Morrowind or Timeshift this is going to be a game certain people love and a lot of people dismiss outright. The comments Hunt makes against this game could be leveled against Deus Ex, which is PC Gamer's best game of all time and mine as well, so obviously he is not the target audience.

Depends on what you want from the game. Good story, choice and actual RPG consequences? Alpha Protocol has it. Polished shooter like Mass Effect? Nope.

__________________I gots one of them high powered gaming computers with an EVGA GTX 480 video thingy and a Q9550 processing device and also one of them Windows 7 64 operating programs with 4GB of some Corsair 1033 DDR2 ram.